Marvel Explains Why Storm & Jean Grey Are X-Men's Strongest Mutants

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This article contains spoilers for X-Men Red #2.

Marvel has finally revealed the real reason the X-Men's Storm and Jean Grey are two of the most powerful mutants. Not all mutant powers operate on the same level; indeed, some mutants are essentially gods among their own kind, so-called Omega mutants whose powers operate at unfathomable levels.

For years, Marvel resisted the temptation to define Omega mutants, but finally in 2019 they relented. An Omega has officially been defined as "a mutant whose dominant power is deemed to register — or reach — an undefinable upper limit of that power's specific classification." Omega mutants are quite rare. Jonathan Hickman's X-Men relaunch began by reducing them to only 14 in number (and it wasn't long until Marvel retconned Franklin Richards as a non-mutant, further reducing them). They've since increased simply because the X-Men transported millions of mutants to this reality from a Hellish dimension named Amenth, and these include an unknown number of Omegas. These mutants have since made their home on Mars, and every one of their ruling council are confirmed Omegas.

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But X-Men Red #2 finally confirms why Storm and Jean Grey have always been considered the greatest of the Omegas. Written by Al Ewing and featuring art by Stefano Caselli, X-Men Red #2 sees two Omegas go to war on one another — Storm and Vulcan, Cyclops' younger brother, who once conquered the entire Shi'ar Empire. Surprisingly, the confrontation is nowhere near as explosive as readers would have expected, because Storm is able to establish a mutant circuit between the two energy-manipulators — and use that circuit to break Vulcan's will. Later,